Improvement in paint compounds



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UNITED STATES PATENT V OFFICE.

HORATIO NELSON, OF NElV YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAINT COMPOUNDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 139,729, dated June 10,1873; application filed April 26, 1873.

' use ninefyjfiiffs'o "flumhago to ten of clay,

grinding them with so cien silicate of SOL a or iotash, and oil tosecure adhesiveness, winch 1s consideralily enhanced by the use of theclay.

This compound possesses antiseptic properties, which render it moredesirable than other paints where such properties are not found.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A paint composed of plumbago, clay, silicate of potash or soda, and oil,in about the proportions specified.

HORATIO NELSON.

'itnesses:

A. I. TIIAYER, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

